​I like to read more than write. I read a lot of books about voiceover. Lately I have been reading three books repeatedly and glean more jnfo from each every time I read them. I like to continuosly about my craft, your craft. I also like passing on what I learn. Learning and sharing. That's how we grow.

Disclosure: I gave up my Amazon Affiliate Account so I make no money on the books I tell you about. I just want to let you know about good books on the profession.

After reading this one I contacted Marc about coaching me in voiceover, voice acting. Marc opened my eyes about opening my mouth better, how to prepare for a read by creating a backstory to the script, paying attention to everything in the script among other things like the great difference that wearing my dentures makes in my articulation. All my previous recordings have been without them, All this and more on my first session. More sessions are coming. Thanks Marc.

Johns book covers some of the same things in Marcs book some in more depth, some not so deep. This book delves into things like basic English; nouns, verbs and words that function as such as well as pronunciation and mispronunciation. Great book for those of us needing a brush-up on English.

Bruce lets you know that it's alright to tell people about yourself and your accomplishments. Somebody has to get the word out, who better than you. Just don't shove it down peoples throats like a JERK. There are many ways to accomplish that. Bruce shows you how in this book.

Having an income to feed your family, or, if you don't have that expense, yourself, is quite necessary while building you VO business. That might seem obvious to most, but there are those who don't have an income because they are certain that success in voiceover is not only inevitable, but just right around the corner. Then the next corner comes and they still have no income for necessities like food, clothing and, assuming you still have a home there are rent or mortgage and utilities to be paid. Your spouse might agree to help by working ouside the home, but most would appreciate you having at least a part time income. It's tough out there with no income, folks . Your spouse may not agree after a while and boot your butt out the door. Are your friends going to let you bring all your equipment and books to live with them with promises of money when your voiceover career kicks in? Not hardly!​If you are already working a job, keep it. It is hard to build a voiceover or any other business. ​Don't lose your head and family because someone said you have a great voice and you should get into voiceover. As I said earlier and will repeat in future blogs, It's hard and time consuming to build a VO business. Once you take classes and/or receive coaching, you need a demo, which costs a lot of money for a good one. There are books by successful and unsuccessful voice actors telling you how to market it. One such book buy an extremely successful voice actor is How to Start and Build a SIX FIGURE Voice Over Business:By Bill DeWees (affiliate link).Notice it says build.You need to market that demo to the people you would like to do work for, or agents. I would suggest staying away from pay to play websites as some of them tend to be expensive and mostly ineffective for most people, me, for instance. My opinion only, You could ask others..Keep your job or have some kind of income. I was already retired with an income when I began pursuing voiceover. Do what it takes to take care of the essentials in life. When you do that then take care of the ssentials of VO and VO will eventually take care of you. I said USUALLY.! There are no iron clad guarantees for anything. Keep your life in balance: Work, Recreation, Faith.Be sure to comment or opine and follow by filling out the form in side column.